How an animal's behavioural repertoire changes in response to a changing environment: A stochastic model

Behaviour

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1563-1596

  Inglis, Ian R ^a   Langton, Steve ^b  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Hallgarth   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural repertoire; Changing behaviour; Environmental change; Fuzzy model

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33846302075     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853906779367044     Document Type: Article

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